Strong H2074זְבוּלֻן

Zebulun

Transliteration
zebûlûn zebûlûn zebûlûn
Pronunciation
{zeb-oo-loon'} {zeb-oo-loon'} zeb-oo-loon'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H2082; habitation;
{Zebulon} a son of Jacob; also his territory and tribe: - Zebulun.

Meaning of the name

Zebulun = "exalted"

Detailed definition

A man of the tribe of Zebulun living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.20;
son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812);
brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485) and Dinah (H1783);
half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144);
father of: Sered (H5624), Elon (H356H) and Jahleel (H3177)

In the biblical story

Zebulun

Israelite tribe, son of Jacob and Leah

Zebulun was the tenth son of Jacob, the sixth and last of Leah, and his descendants formed one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

In the Bible

Strong H2074 appears in 43 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • zebulun43

First verses

  1. Genesis 30:20
    And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
  2. Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
  3. Genesis 46:14
    And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
  4. Genesis 49:13
    Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
  5. Exodus 1:3
    Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
  6. Numbers 1:9
    Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
  7. Numbers 1:30
    Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
  8. Numbers 1:31
    Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
  9. Numbers 2:7
    Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.
  10. Numbers 7:24
    On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:
  11. Numbers 10:16
    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
  12. Numbers 13:10
    Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
  13. Numbers 26:26
    Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
  14. Numbers 34:25
    And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
  15. Deuteronomy 27:13
    And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
  16. Deuteronomy 33:18
    And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
  17. Joshua 19:10
    And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
  18. Joshua 19:16
    This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
  19. Joshua 19:27
    And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth–dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah–el toward the north side of Beth–emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
  20. Joshua 19:34
    And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth–tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.
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